In a heated showdown on Monday, Al-Nassr’s captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, was given his marching orders late within the recreation as his workforce suffered a 2-1 defeat towards metropolis rivals Al-Hilal within the Saudi Super Cup semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
The incident occurred simply 4 minutes earlier than the ultimate whistle, with Portugal’s all-time main purpose scorer receiving a straight pink card for elbowing an opponent. This got here as Al-Nassr trailed 2-0, managing to attain a late comfort purpose regardless of Ronaldo’s dismissal.
Jorge Jesus’ Al-Hilal opened the scoring within the 62nd minute when Salem Al-Dawsari slotted the ball into the underside proper nook from a Sergej Milinkovic-Savic flick after a fast break.
Brazilian ahead Malcolm doubled the lead within the 72nd with a high-quality header after Michael’s lengthy cross from the correct discovered his compatriot unmarked within the heart of the field.
Former Liverpool ahead Sadio Mane bought Al-Nassr on the scoresheet in stoppage time without work Abdulrahman Ghareeb’s go.
Al-Hilal will search a record-extending fourth title in Thursday’s last after they face Karim Benzema’s Al-Ittihad, who beat Al-Wehda 2-1 within the earlier semi-final on Monday.
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